Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall yesterday, according to “Berlin Wall anniversary: world leaders to celebrate the night that changed the world”. Guests included Gordon Brown, Hillary Clinton and Dimitry Medvedev of Russia. An 8 foot wall of…
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. ~ Cicero, Pro Plancio, 54 B.C. Last Sabbath we got a good sermonette about thanksgiving. It certainly gave me something to think about. I heard on the radio yesterday a program talking about gratitude, and that…
I have written before about church divisions and why I believe God allowed, or perhaps caused, the splits around 1995. Just to recap, the old WCG often had all the answers, or so we thought. We were often arrogant towards “the world’s churches” and sometimes even others within the Church…
Someone asked me the other day about blessings. I suppose the person still had on their mind the Blessing of the Little Children. God is greater than all of us, and He abundantly blesses us with life and the good things of the earth. It is easy to see how…
Tragedy strikes Ft Hood, one of the largest (if not the largest) Army posts in the US. It is unclear if the gunmen were Army or not. It is one thing to die in battle, but for a soldier to go like this is just senseless. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting;_ylt=Aif4IJyAUzvcAdNepURwRl.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMzaThsbmg0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMTA1L3VzX2ZvcnRfaG9vZF9zaG9vdGluZwRjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzIEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2FybXkxMmRpZWluZA–
Dr Robert Thiel, aka “COGWriter”, wrote a truism on his blog, Church of God News recently wrote in relation to false prophet Ronald Weinland: Because of false prophets, people seem less willing to believe the true predictions of God’s word as explained by His servants. But whether people believe the…
We saw in Part 1 that it’s the attitude that makes all the difference. God will save the righteous, the ones who are willing to sacrifice and the ones who aren’t in it to save their own hides. God will save the ones who exhibit brotherly love, which doesn’t mean…
“When thou seest the abomination of desolation, thou shalt flee to Petra.” OK, I confess that it doesn’t say that. I made that up. However, some would speak as though the Bible says it just that clearly. We are not definitely told that Christians will flee to Petra during the…
This is just too good not to share! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6489418/Planned-Parenthood-leader-resigns-after-watching-abortion-ultrasound.html
In the past, UCG had a controversy with a couple of its ministers because they strayed from the official line on evangelism. Many COG organizations teach that the Gospel is to be spread by the ministry and not by its lay people. Some have even publicly stated that they do…